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Pranavi Urs Wins Historic Asian Games Golf Gold
Pranavi Urs won a gold medal in golf at the Asian Games.
She is the first Indian woman to win the individual golf gold there.
She had a three-shot lead before a difficult hole cost her several strokes.
She stayed calm and made birdies later in the round.
She finished ahead of golfers from Singapore and China.
India’s women’s team, including Pranavi, Aditi Ashok and Diksha Dagar, also won silver.
AM Green IGPL announced a reward of Rs 1 crore for Pranavi and Rs 25 lakh for the team.
Several well-known sports figures praised how she handled pressure.
Pranavi Urs won the individual gold at 15-under 265, becoming the first Indian woman to win an Asian Games individual golf title.
She recovered from a triple bogey in the final round and finished with an even-par 70.
AM Green IGPL announced a Rs 1 crore reward for Urs’s gold medal.
Urs, Aditi Ashok and Diksha Dagar won silver in the women’s team event, earning a collective Rs 25 lakh reward.
Kapil Dev, Anurag Singh Thakur and Leander Paes praised Urs’s composure and resilience.
- Who
- Pranavi Urs won the individual gold; Aditi Ashok and Diksha Dagar joined her in the women’s team silver.
- What
- Urs won the Asian Games individual golf title and was announced a Rs 1 crore reward.
- Where
- Kasugai Country Club East Course; the reward announcement was made at Qutab Golf Course in New Delhi.
- When
- The article does not specify the date or year of the competition.
- Why
- Urs’s victory made her the first Indian woman to win an individual golf gold at the Asian Games.
Key facts
- Individual result
- Pranavi Urs finished at 15-under 265.
- Individual runners-up
- Singapore’s Shannon Xuan Yin Tan and China’s Yin Ruoning tied for second at 14-under 266.
- Final-round score
- Urs closed with an even-par 70 after a triple bogey on the third hole.
- Individual reward
- Rs 1 crore from AM Green IGPL.
- Women’s team result
- India won silver with a combined 14-under 546, behind China.
- Team reward
- The Indian women’s team will collectively receive Rs 25 lakh.
- Next IGPL season stop
- Hyderabad, scheduled for October 7 to 9; the article does not specify the year.
Quotes
Anurag Singh Thakur
Former Union Minister and Hamirpur MP who announced the rewards
“What I liked most about Pranavi was her final round. A triple bogey that early on the last day of an Asian Games can finish you off, but she stayed patient and played her way back. You don’t learn that overnight. It comes from years of work that nobody sees.”
thestatesman.com
“India waited 24 years for a golf gold at the Asian Games, and Pranavi got it for us today. The way she won it says a lot about her. She lost her lead on one hole in the final round and still came back to win, when most players would have folded.”
thestatesman.com
Sources
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